Cable joint



se i. 16, 1930.

E. T.- FRANZEN CABLE JOINT Filed May 11. 1927 yVENTOR. ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 16, 1930 PATENT OFFICE ERIC T. FRANZEN, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY CABLE JOINT .Application filed May 11,

My'invention relates to devices for joining the free ends of stranded cables, andmore particularly to joints for cables used in the transmission of electrical energy.

Anobject of my'invention is to provide a joint which will uniformly distribute the pull throughout thewhole cable, and maintain the normal strength of the cable.

Another objectof. myinvention is to provide a joint which will maintain the normal conductivity of the cable, thereby eliminating the power losses due to the usual cable joints.

A further object of my invention is to provide a joint which is readily assembled and easily manufactured.

Figure 1 is a view of my joint as used in joining two stranded cables, and a view of a terminal for a cable.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my joint.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on the line H of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a schematic view of the manner in which the strands of a cable are arranged for use with my joint.

Referring to the drawings, I show in Figure 2 a stranded cable 1, preferably made of copper, which is to be jointed to a similar cable 11. An enveloping sleeve 2, common to both cables, is in threaded engagement with a nose 3, which nose has a tapered portion 13 for wedging engagement with the wedge shaped collar 4. The collar 4 has slits 8 at opposite sides which enable the collar to better conform to the periphery of the cable. A ring 5 rests upon a'shoulder 14 of the sleeve 2, and is in threaded engagement with the sleeve. This ring 5 limits the movemerit of the wedge-shaped collar 4 in one direction.

The ring shaped member 7, is tapered at its lower end, and is placed between the outer layer of strands of the cable and the next layer, as shown diagrammatically in Figure 5.

As shown on the drawings my joint is here applied to a cable of 37 strands, i. e.,

1927. Serial No. 190,432.

the outer layer having 18 strands, the next layer 12 strands, the next layer 6 strands, and the inner layer consisting of one strand. The ring shaped member 7 is placed between the 18 strand layer and the 12 strand layer and the strands twisted over the ring shaped member as follows: Two of the outer strands are twisted over the ring with one of the inner strands, resulting in nine twists. It will be noted every fourth strand of the inner layer is skipped, and these skipped strands 15 are in turn twisted with two strands of the next inner layer resulting in three more twists, leaving finally the center strand 16. The twists and the center strand are then cut to 05 provide as flat a surface as possible. Of course, the other cable 11, is manipulated in the same manner; and obviously, the above method is not confined to a 37 strand cable, but may be'used with cables of any number 7 0 of strands.

In application, I first slip the nose 3 over one of the cables, and slide the collar 4 down. the cable until thetapered surfaces of the collar a and the nose 3 are in engagement. I then insert the ring 7 between the layers of cables l and 11, twist the strands and even the ends of the twists as described above. Next the limiting ring is'screwed into position against the shoulder 14 in the sleeve 2. 82! The nose 3 is thenscrewed into sleeve 2 until prevented from further movement by the ring 5, the nose 3 being provided with a hexagonal surface 12 to permit the use of a wrench or tool to facilitate the screwing oper- 85 ation. Of course, the same operation is performed with cable 11, the noses 3 at both ends of the joint being tightened at the same time.

Now the collar 4 and the ring 7 are made of soft copper and the tightening operation causes the strands of the cable to embed themselves'in the soft copper collar and ring. At the same time the enormous stress placed upon the soft copper tends to harden it and as a result a positive lock and unitary structure is provided. The twists will be so closely pressed together as to entirely conceal the ring from view, which ring has now been greatly distorted so that it is a part of the cable itself. Similarly, the splits 8 in the collar permitted the inner surface of the collar to conform exactly to the outline;

of the cable, andthe strands of thecable embedded in this collar positively lock the" parts inposition.

r I haverprovi ded a washer between the ca "bles 1 and '11, inordertQinsure better contactr I has a flat portion 16 for y bus-bar, or the like;

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7 Also lprovide a ter'm'inal having in? ternally threaded portion 15: for threaded" engagement witha nose 3; The terminal also 7 connection witha It will be seen from the above thatl h'ave r" provided a joint which uniformly., distribntes; the pull throughout the cable; and produces 7 ".1: joint for? joining the ends, of a "two a stranded; cables," consisting of a oft copper: rings positioned betweenthe v outerlayer. of

'strandsan'd ,thernex't layer of strands 'ofai; cable 'an dzo'ver' and under which the strands;

' extend and beyond whichrtheylare twisted;

25,: [posite "slits monnted'ionthe cable; a sleeife, 'aiv'shoulder within said'xsleeve', a;r1ng 1nj djcollar having diametrically, 0P

threadedengagement with thesleeve and resting against theishoulder to limit movement} 3!}:

of the-tapered collar," and: a nose in threaded eng gement with thesleeve and" tapered portion'engaging the tapered collar,

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the ring and strandswhenthe nose screwed a intothe sleeye. l

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a nose in i threaded engagement 'with'rthes sle'eve, sa-id nose having a portionengaging h -t fl co l r p f c aj e g llg' i action to'compressthefringandstrands when-" the nose is screwedi'nto-the'sleeve; e

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